data collected by Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday. The 184,346 new daily cases was a significant jump from the previous day, which saw 24,234 new daily COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins.
The country is averaging about 108,000 new infections and 700,000 COVID-19 vaccines administered a day. The seven-day average for deaths rose from about 270 deaths per day two weeks ago to nearly 500 a day as of Aug.
6, according to Johns Hopkins. Much of the surge is being driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in the South and other areas.
FILE - Registered nurse, works with a COVID positive patients room inside the ICU at Providence St. Jude Medical Center Christmas Day on Friday, Dec.